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DDOT Paratransit in Crisis: Service for Seniors, Detroiters with Disabilities Threatened

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Among the most essential public transportation that exists is paratransit service for seniors and people with disabilities. Many of the most fragile in our community depend on paratransit rides from MetroLift, SMART, and others to pick them up at home and take them to doctors appointments, grocery shopping, work, and elsewhere because they physically can’t […]

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How to Support the Transit Millage: Talking Points and Data

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Transit funding is on the ballot throughout all of Oakland and Macomb Counties. This page is designed to help anyone who wants to know more about this issue and ways to effectively communicate about it! Key Messages Vote YES on your County Public Transit Millage! Tens of thousands of our neighbors depend on the SMART

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Time to Defend and Expand Transit!

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Latest updates: Transit is on the November 8 ballot! The Oakland County Commission voted with bipartisan support August 10 to place a 0.95 10-year transit millage on their countywide ballot – to not only maintain existing SMART services, but to also expand transit services throughout all of Oakland County. A huge thank you to Chairman

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Time for Oakland County to Go All-In on Transit!

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Southeast Michigan has long been hurt by the patchwork system of transit that allows each town decide whether to provide transit or not. People can’t get to jobs. Seniors are left stranded when they can’t drive. Bus routes ineffectively skip or circle around parts. Oakland County can finally eliminate that and go All-In for Transit!

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